With the Regent's verbal approval secured, the partitioned encirclement plan was carried out in an orderly fashion.
Charles first amassed the main force around Coldwind City, forming a tightening blockade.
Afterward, he personally led an elite detachment on a forced overnight march to launch a surprise raid on Kaelrent City to the north of Coldwind City.
Meanwhile, the duke's adjutant took soldiers of slightly weaker combat capability and advanced south, attempting to bring a wide swath of villages and towns under control, ensuring they could keep tabs on the surrounding nobles at any time, and forming a pincer with the magitech army centered on Lyra.
Everything unfolded exactly like Lyra had judgment on the hillside. Grant had chosen to hoard enormous logistical resources and station troops in Coldwind City, which meant the defenses on both flanks would inevitably be relatively weak.
